Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Hoang Quan received Danish Minister of Trade and Development Cooperation Mogens Jensen on January 21, on the occasion of the minister’s working visit to the city.

A series of cultural activities have been taking place in Nicosia, the capital of the Republic of Cyprus, during the Vietnam Days, which runs from January 18-30.

The Vietnam Food Administration has issued a warning and called for inspection of local businesses that might be importing prepackaged caramel apples from the United States.

Vietnamese living abroad remitted over US$5 billion to HCM City last year, 4.2% higher than in 2013, according to figures released at a meeting held by the city's Committee for Overseas Vietnamese on January 21.

A collective cheer went up from the young students as a large school of fish surfaced in a pond in Can Tho City, rushing to eat the feed scattered by a farm worker.

The price of RON95 gasoline was slashed by VND1,900 down to VND16,270 on the afternoon of January 21, according to the Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex). 

The Solar Radiation and Solar Potential Maps of Vietnam were introduced to the public on January 21 by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, according to the Spanish Embassy in Vietnam. 

Vietnam remains as one of Asian appealing trade and investment destinations for international businesses, including those from India, said Indian Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry Rajeev Kher at the Vietnam-India Business Forum in Ho Chi Minh City on January 21.

Deputy Secretary General of the Office of the Royal Government of Cambodia Vann Phal asked the northern province of Bac Ninh to continue facilitating friendship activities between Vietnam and Cambodia during a working session with local authorities on January 21.

Vietnam will make every effort to further deepen its relations with Bangladesh, especially in economics, trade, investment tourism and people-to-people exchange, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has said.